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UN Security Council to vote Monday on Trump Gaza plan

The U.N. Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said.

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UNIFIL criticizes Israel for building walls in Lebanese territory

UNIFIL said Friday that its troops conducted last month a geospatial survey of a concrete T-wall erected by the Israeli army southwest of the Lebanese border town of Yaroun.

“The survey confirmed that the wall crossed the Blue Line, rendering more than 4,000 square meters of Lebanese territory inaccessible to the Lebanese people,” UNIFIL said in a statement.

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Under US pressure, Lebanon tightens screws on money transfers

Lebanon's central bank announced on Friday that money changers and transfer companies must comply with stricter rules as the country faces heavy U.S. pressure to regulate its cash economy and cut off Hezbollah funding.

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Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat up

At about 10 o'clock every morning, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar's turquoise shallow tides to tend their sponge farms -- a new lifeline after climate change upended their former work.

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Tunisians rally as court mulls factory suspension over pollution

Hundreds of people in Tunisia's city of Gabes protested on Thursday in front of a court as it examined whether to suspend a nearby factory accused of widespread pollution.

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EU states back small parcel duties to tackle China import flood

EU finance ministers on Thursday agreed to scrap a bloc-wide duty exemption on low-value orders from the likes of retail giants Temu and Shein to help tackle a flood of cheap Chinese imports.

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Swiss economy minister back in Washington for tariff talks

Switzerland's economy minister Guy Parmelin was back in Washington for talks on Thursday, for the third time since the Alpine country was clobbered with huge tariffs.

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US, UAE arms firms to co-develop AI-powered drones

A U.S. high-tech arms company is to design and produce AI-powered drones in the United Arab Emirates under a joint venture, the two parties said on Thursday, strengthening close defense ties.

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What lies ahead in Iraq: The hard task of forming a government

Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader is set to begin.

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad say to hand over Gaza hostage body at 1800 GMT

The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they would hand over the remains of another hostage on Thursday as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza.

"The Al-Quds Brigades and the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades will hand over the body of one of the occupation's captives, which was found today in the Morag area north of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip, at 8:00 pm Gaza time (1800 GMT)," a Hamas statement said.

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